New factory

摘要

Volvo Construction Equipment will invest SEK 360 million (US$ 54 million) to build a 20660 m2 excavator factory in Kaluga, Russia. The site is about 175 km south-west of Moscow and the factory will be built on a 15 ha plot bought by Volvo in 2007. Production at the plant is due to start in the first quarter of 2013, with the initial focus on 20 to 50 tonne class machines, the EC210, EC240, EC290, EC360 and EC460.